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On to chapter nine!

Chapter Nine

"So, let me get this straight. You and your dad talked in the middle of the night, and now he wants to take us to see the town?"

Sky nodded. Avian had managed to find some clothes for Sky; apparently Remy didn't approve of her other outfit and claimed it needed to be washed anyway. She now wore a plain, but tight, black t-shirt with tight blue jeans. Avian had given her black boots and when Sky had raised her eyebrows Avian had simply muttered, "You in de Bayou, girl. Get used to dem."

Alec was currently dressed in one of Remy's hand-me-down shirts and a tight pair of jeans. Surprisingly, Remy was only a little bigger than Alec, although he was slightly more intimidating…at least to Alec.

"He's gona kill me isn't he?"

Sky rolled her eyes and leaned back in the chair she was sitting in. They were waiting for Remy to show up in the living room…or what they thought was the living room. Sky still wasn't sure. Alec sat across from her, tapping his feet nervously.

"He's not gona kill you, Alec. He doesn't have a reason to."

"Sure he does. I'm dating his sixteen year old daughter…that he just found out he had. I think his protective nature is gona kick in sooner or later."

"Dating?" Sky asked and Alec stopped fidgeting. His eyes sparkled as he turned toward her and grinned.

"Yeah, dating. Gotta a problem with it?" Alec rose and walked over toward her. She jumped to her feet and put a finger in his chest.

"Actually ya, I do." His lips were only inches away from hers as he smiled down at her.

"Really. I could have sworn you kissed me back on that couch…"

She shook her head. "You must have been dreaming."

"I don't think so." His lips crushed down on hers and she quickly found her hands in his hair, pulling him closer to her.

"Hope Remy's not interruptin' somet'ing."

Sky jumped back at the same time that Alec cursed. Both turned to grin sheepishly at Remy LeBeau, who was leaning against the door frame, arms crossed, demon eyes glaring at Alec.

"Mr. LeBeau." Alec said extending his hand. "I don't think we've actually…"

"We've met." Remy stated without taking the extended hand. Instead he walked toward Sky and hugged her, kissing the top of her head.

"Ready to go, Ciel" he asked and Sky grinned.

"Yeah, but can Alec come." Remy closed his eyes, took a deep breath and sighed.

"Amende" Remy muttered. He turned toward the door and Sky snatched Alec's arm as she passed.

"See" Alec hissed. "He's gona kill me."

Sky smacked him and together they followed Remy out of the mansion.

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"Could you tell me if you've seen this girl?"

The bartender glared up at the man in the black suit before him. Any person that lived in New Orleans for any amount of time knew not to trust men in suits. Usually the bartender would have told him off, but currently the men surrounding his bar with their guns drawn were affecting his judgment.

"She and dis ot'er feller were in here earlier in de week. Came by lookin for de T'ieves Guild."

The black suited man stuck a gun under the bartender's nose and grinned. "I think my boys and I are going to stay here for a while. See if she turns up. You speak one word to anyone about us and I'll blow your brains out and burn down this sad excuse for a bar. Do we understand each other?"

The bartender gulped and nodded. The men dispersed just as the early morning crowd came in and suddenly they disappeared into the crowd around them. The Bartender could spot one here or there but they were doing a marvelous job of blending in. The black suited man had disappeared completely.

The Bartender took a deep breath and prayed for forgiveness.

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"Dere's someone I want you to meet, Ciel." Remy stated excitedly as he pulled his daughter through the double doors of the local bar. Sky was tired from the hours they had spent searching for Alec's bike. Remy had helped them pry it out of the mud and then called Henri to pick it up. Surprisingly, their muddied outfits blended perfectly with the other New Orleans crew that crowded into the bar.

Tables here and there had poker sets placed in the middle of them, along with drinks of various shapes. A thin layer of smoke covered the entire bar and Sky coughed slightly, her hand gripping her father's tighter. Alec stayed right behind them, although his eyes traveled over the crowd and a lazy grin spread across his face.

Remy took them right up to the bar and sat them down on the barstools. After a moment the bartender turned toward them. His eyes widened when he saw Sky and then, shaking his head, he turned his attention toward Remy.

"Gambit, ol' boy. What can I get for you dis time?"

"Remy not here to drink, Pete. Ciel, dis is an old friend of mine, Pete. Pete dis is mon petite fille, Sky."

Pete nodded toward Sky who smiled. "Nice to meet you." She greeted.

"She got your looks, Gambit. Charms too?" Remy laughed and ordered a coke for Sky.

"Um, actually I need to…you know."

Pete grinned. "See dat staircase?" he asked and Sky nodded. "Right under der and to your left."

Sky thanked him and headed toward the bathroom. Alec's eyes wandered as he took in the bar around him, not really paying attention. As soon as Sky was gone Pete leaned toward Remy and grinned as if telling some kind of joke.

"Remy, dere's some men in here lookin' for dat fille of yours." Remy's eyes narrowed but he played along and threw in a laugh, under witch he mumbled, "Where?"

Pete's eyes pointed out each member and Remy laughed again. Pete joined him and Alec glanced at them like they were crazy. "We'll be out of here as soon as she comes back." Remy promised and Pete nodded before moving to serve someone else.

Time seemed to be going a little too slow for Remy. No longer friendly, his eyes flashed from one man to the next as he mentally counted how many Pete had pointed out. Thirteen. Merde. What did they want with Sky? His fingers drummed on the counter as he continued to glance toward the stairs. She was taking a long time.

Suddenly one of the men reached toward his ear, nodded and then nodded toward the other twelve. Together they headed toward the door. Remy didn't need any more information. He leapt for his chair and shoved through the crowd, ignoring Alec calling to him. He rounded the hall to the restrooms and froze. The girl's restroom no longer had a door. And Sky was nowhere to be found.

"MERDE!" He cried and spun running back into the room. His eyes searched the bar but the thirteen were already gone. He flew out the doors but the streets were already filled with people.

"Ciel!" He screamed, his heart racing a mile a minute. He flew back into the bar and reached Pete before Pete could even guess what was going on.

"Who are dey?" he demanded. Pete's eyes widened.

"I don't know, mon ami. All dey said was dat dey was looking for your fille."

"Merde!" Gambit cried. Alec was searching the room now as well, no longer concerned with the others.

"Sky?" he called. Remy spun toward Alec and grabbed the boy by his jacket.

"Who would want to take de fille?" he demanded.

"I don't know. I didn't know anyone wanted to!" Alec cried back. Then it clicked. Remy knew who wanted her. He knew who had her. Sinister. Remy threw Alec toward the doors and raced out, leaping into the front seat of his jeep. Alec made it just in time to leap into the jeep before it raced down the road.

"Where are we going?" Alec asked, trying to keep the fear and concern out of his voice.

"Back to de mansion. I'm callin her mere." Remy cursed at the conversation he knew he was going to have to have, but if someone needed to be found, Xavier was the one to find them.

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Sky didn't know what hit her. She had been coming out of the bathroom and the next thing she knew she was hit in the back of the head, hard. Slowly she opened her eyes and almost wished she hadn't. To say the room she was in was dark would be an understatement. The room was pitch black. Heck, she didn't even know if it was a room. She closed her eyes and opened them a few more times just to make sure her eyes were actually open. Fear squeezed her heart as she realized that they were.

Her hand's immediately started groping around her. She was lying on what felt like metal. It was cold and slick. Her hand followed the metal until the tips of her fingers ran into what she prayed was a wall. It was made of the same slick material. She rose slowly, her hand never leaving the wall and then using her hands followed the wall. Eventually she found where that wall met the next and she moved around the corner, heading left. She found another corner and froze when her hand touched empty space.

She waved it around for a moment until her hand connected with a bar. Iron bars. She was in a cell. She followed the wall back to what she assumed was the back wall and slowly sunk against it, making sure that she was in a corner so she could feel that little bit of protection. First thing she had to do was figure out where the heck she was. She closed her eyes and pictured what she had felt with her hands. In her mind's eye she saw the cell she was in, and saw that she was alone in it. But that was all she could see. She tried to teleport and almost cried when she realized she wasn't moving. Her hand flew to her neck as she realized she had some sort of collar on. A power negator? Well crap.

Without warning a door slammed open in the darkness and the light that seeped from it blinded Sky. She threw her hands over her face in an attempt to shield herself. Once she opened her eyes again, it took a moment for them to re-adjust to her surrounding. There were two torches lit outside the cell now, casting just enough light for her to make out objects sitting on the other side of her cell.

Her eyes narrowed as she glared at the man standing in front of her cell. "What do you want?" she demanded.

"I don't think your in any position to be demanding things, young lady. Or asking questions for that matter. Quite the little trouble maker you are."

Sky squinted and tried to get a better look at the man. He was wearing a black suit, with a matching tie and shiny boots. His black hair was jelled back into a pony tail, and his mustache looked neatly trimmed. He looked as if he had walked right out of the Godfather.

"Who are you?" The man frowned and took a step closer toward the bars.

"I suppose you could say I'm family. Since I delivered you and all." Sky's heart stopped beating. Her world spun as his words echoed in her head. He was the doctor who had given her away, told her parents she was dead, lied to them all. This was all his fault.

"Doctor Sanders is the name. And you're Sky Ellers…Or is it back to Sky LeBeau now?" Sky glared at him.

"Why?" she demanded and he laughed. Not a pleasant laugh but one a maniac might produce.

"Why not?"

Sanders sat down in a chair leaning against the wall and smiled at Sky. "So here's my job, I get to baby sit you. Since your so special and all."

"Special?" Sky asked.

"Not to me. Hell I don't know how many babies I've sent to different homes. Everything is for sale for the right price, even if it's not yours. But apparently my boss has some great plan for you. So here you sit."

Sky glared daggers at him. "What does he want with me?"

"Beats me" Sanders answered, but the grin that spread over his features said he knew exactly what was going to happen to her.

"Sanders?" a deep voice called and again the door was opened. "Leave the girl alone." Sky's eyes flashed to the new visitor and her eyes widened. He was unlike anything she had ever seen. What little of his actual skin she could see was white…pale almost paper white. He was wearing some kind of dark blue suit that covered all of his body up to his neck. A red belt wrapped around his middle, the same red used in a diamond on his chest. Large boots, the same color as the uniform, stretched up to his knees, probably as some kind of protection. What appeared to be a shredded, stiff, cape hung from his shoulders and a large red collar shot up and over his head, making his jelled black hair stand out even more from his black and white face. Red eyes stared her down, more red than even Remy's. He smiled and Sky shivered.

"Sanders, I believe you have other problems to busy yourself with."

"Not really…" Sanders began and the man spun toward him and glared at him.

"Then find some" he snapped. Sanders was on his feet and out the door before Sky could blink. The man moved toward her cell this time and peered in at her through red eyes. She attempted to shrink back but the wall was still behind her. Without warning his hand shot out, passing through the cell doors. He smirked at her wide-eyes as he stepped through the bars and into her cell. His eyes took in her entire cell before he walked toward her.

Sky's first reaction was to stay where she was. But there was something in her that responded first to his closeness and she reacted on that instead. She lurched to her feet and swung her arm at him with all the force she could muster only to have it freeze in mid air. His hand was raised slightly, and a frown turned the corner of his lips down.

"Tisk, tisk, tisk. And here I thought we could be civilized."

Sky's eyes widened as she felt air spread around her hand and before she knew it she was blown back into the wall behind her. She cried out in pain as her back slammed into the metal and crashed to the floor. Slowly she moved back into a sitting position and returned to glaring at him.

"What do you want?" the man smiled at her and squatted so that he was eye-level with her.

"Why, I only want to help you, dear Sky." She glared at him.

"Your mind is messed up if you think throwing a girl into a cell is helping her."

The man shook his head sadly at her. "You may not believe it yet, but what I am going to do for you will help you more than any other being could possible hope to help you."

Her brow furrowed in confusion.

"I don't need your help." She stated and he raised an eyebrow.

"It's a pity about your parents." He stated, completely changing the subject.

"What about them?" Sky hissed, not liking the turn the conversation had taken.

"Oh, I was referring to the way they abandoned you."

Sky glared at him. "My parent's didn't abandon me! Sanders told them I was dead!
Still the man seemed sad; his face looked as if he pitied her. "Sad really, that they had no faith whatsoever. What type of parents would just accept that their child was dead? Without any question at all."

Sky's eyes shot to the ground where she watched the toe of his shinny boot. "What kind of parent gives up like that?"

"They thought I was dead." She repeated but something inside of her seemed to disagree with that.

"Is that what they told you?" he asked. She frowned. "How can you know that's the truth?" Sky looked up at him but his expression hadn't changed. "How can you know that they really wanted you?'

"They said they did."

He nodded. "I'm sure they wanted you. I'm sure your father welcomed you with open arms."

The image flashed in Sky's mind and she heard Remy's words as clear as day. "I tink you need to leave. How did dis happen? Merde?" At the time, she had assumed he meant how she lived. But what if he meant how did she find him. Suddenly doubt swept into her mind.

"Who are you?" she demanded and he smiled softly at her.

"My name is Sinister. I'm here to help you."

"How?" she demanded.

"By taking all that pain and confusion away from you." She glared up at him but he smiled at her.

"Your parents never wanted you." He said sadly and she closed her eyes. She failed to see his hand move toward her because at that moment images flashed into her head. She saw the hospital on the day she was born. She saw her father storming out of the hospital and then her mother shaking her head slowly. Why? She saw her father hand a baby to Sanders and her heart seemed to stop. Remy was giving her to Sanders. Actually giving her away?

Tears came to her eyes as she realized the truth. Her parents hadn't wanted her after all. That was why neither had spent any time looking for her. That was why Remy seemed surprised when he saw her. They hadn't wanted her from the start.

"I can make all this pain go away." Sinister whispered and Sky opened her eyes to stare at him. "All this won't matter anymore. Let me help you tap into your true powers, your true potential, and erase all the bad memories."

Sky watched him for a moment and then her eyes traveled to his outstretched hand. "Let me help you." Her eyes met his red eyes and she carefully reached out for his hand.

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